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Welcome to Elestrion IV

by Burlap Productions

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Welcome to Elestrion IV [intro] 00:15
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Physiognomy 03:23
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Slippin' 04:35
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I'm slippin' I'm slippin' away Trippin' don't know how much longer I can go on this way I'm fallin' I'm fallin' fast I'm slippin' don't know how much longer I'm gonna last It's a mudslide It's a downhill sleigh-ride It's a land slide It's a riptide I'm fallin' I'm fallin' fast Trippin' don't know how much longer I mean I just don't know how much longer I'm gonna last I'm slippin' I'm slippin' away I'm trippin' I don't know how much longer I can go on this way I'm slippin' I'm slippin' I'm slippin' I'm slippin' away
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Fuzzy Buckles 03:01
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fuzzy buckles fuzzy buckles these fuzzy buckles rush through my head these fuzzy buckles jump from my bed fuzzy buckles fuzzy buckles
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Stitches and Grass 03:15
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MOTHRA 07:11
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Song for Max 02:57
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There was a bad headline today a lot of people in pain I read it out loud to pay respect and share the grief and Max just sat there. I out on a helmet today one of those African safari numbers with a strap under the chin I waved my arms up and down and all around and Max just sat there What makes you tick Max what makes you sick what tips the scales for you my boy Do you want some more tuna? Why don't you look me in the eye Max why are you being so flaccid? Won't you just smell my hand or something so I know it's gonna be alright? I painted all my equipment green today even painted the tv screen that way I glued plastic lilly pads all over the floor and hosed down the coffee table man and Max just sat there I sold all my belongings today bought a one-way ticket to Malaysia I shaved my head and stretched out my earlobes real long and Max - he always made me feel so small [keyboard solo] What makes you tick Max what makes you sick what tips the scales for you my boy Do you want some more tuna?
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The Eel 04:48
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I am the Eel
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6 Rooms 07:26
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Ritual 04:00
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Drinkin' Song [Leadbelly vox] 04:47
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Import 04:50
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Uma Fell / Asia Teeth / My My My 06:24
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What If I Were 04:26
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Ah

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Review from The Panhandle Rag:

"Opening the lid on a shoebox full of complete albums on cassette, boutique label U•LOT Records presents Welcome to Elestrion IV; a curated cross-section of Burlap tracks, recorded on a Tascam 4-Track in Chicago and Los Angeles between 1989 - 2000.

The songs collected here resemble a series of low-budget - but effective - costume changes, testing out several styles and moods. The tape hiss of the source material is still audible; the audio equivalent to a treasured photograph, faded over time.

From the slinky jazz-sample mashup of 'Slippin'', the playful bounce-house of 'Fuzzy Buckles' or melancholy funk of 'Song for Max', the lyrics reveal an off-kilter sense of humor. Elsewhere, the deep atmospheres of 'Stitches and Grass' and '6 Rooms' take ambient deep-water dives into treated vocal loops and samples, anchored down by a framedrum or bassline.

Sequenced electronics and treated rhythm tracks are a steady presence on this collection, especially with songs like 'Physiognomy' and 'The Eel', but the real centerpiece of the album is the anthemic 'MOTHRA' -- mashing techno, house, trance and funk, and featuring dialogue from the golden-era of Toho Pictures. It is here, more than any other selection, that Burlap makes the most of his limitations.

Some pieces show signs of age, hovering over the mid-90’s electronica scene from pioneering English labels like WARP, Skam, FFRR and Rephlex. The influence is unmistakable, but distinct. Notable, therefore, is 'Drinkin’ Song', featuring distorted drum machines, heavy synthesizers and overdubbed field recordings of folk/blues singer Leadbelly. Here, Burlap was ahead of the curve -- it would be a full 2 years before techno-giant Moby would employ the same techniques on his top-selling album Play.

Colorful, off-center and ambitious, Welcome to Elestrion IV is a masterful sketchbook. Some of the dust is permanent now, but it serves as a showcase for not only the art of analog 4-Track recording, but for Burlap Productions - a small champion of the genre."

- Ken Tataki

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released February 2, 2020

Special thanks to Brad Lewis and Craig Shaynak for original digital transfers. Thanks to Rob, Scott & Jenny @ Queen's Hutch.

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Musician, sound designer, music supervisor, masher & mixer. Canadian born; lived & worked in NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago & Toronto. Currently in Florida.

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